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Democratic Party MP, Jorida Tabaku, stated today at the Civic Initiative Committee in the Assembly, where the head of SPAK, Klodian Braho, and his subordinates were reporting, that the report and investigations of the Special Prosecution Office are confirming the concerns raised for years by the opposition about the penetration of criminal and corruption money into the Albanian economy.
During the reporting of the head of SPAK, Klodjan Braho, his deputy heads and the head of the National Bureau of Investigation to the Committee for Civic Initiatives, Cooperation and Institutional Oversight, Tabaku focused on the connection between organized crime, corruption and money laundering.
According to her, the data presented by SPAK show that these are no longer isolated phenomena, but part of an interconnected system that produces illegal money and then introduces it into the formal economy.
The Democratic MP praised the fact that SPAK has identified real estate and businesses with high use of physical cash as the final destination of the money laundering process.
Tabaku also raised the issue of shell companies, which are used to benefit from public contracts and funds, while the real owners and beneficiaries remain hidden.
She demanded that investigations not stop only at the people formally placed at the head of the companies, but follow the flow of money to the controllers and real beneficiaries of the schemes.
Another issue raised by the DP MP was the investigation of senior officials not only for criminal offenses of corruption, but also for laundering income that may stem from it.
According to Tabaku, the crackdown on corruption remains incomplete without identifying how illegally obtained money is laundered, invested, and returned to the economy through companies, properties, and construction.
The MP requested that the construction sector be included in future SPAK reports as a high-risk sector for money laundering, taking into account the investigations and operations recently conducted.
According to her, protecting SPAK and strengthening its capacities are necessary to strike at the system that has linked political corruption, organized crime, and the dirty money economy.
Tabaku's speech and her questions to the Commission:
"I want to make two comments before the questions, regarding the report.
Së pari, si lexuese e raporteve tuaja ndër vite, konstatoj se këtë vit raporti ka një formë tjetër dhe është ndërtuar duke u bazuar te procesi i integrimit. Por, fatkeqësisht, shoh edhe një nëntekst mbrojtës, që lidhet me rreziqet që mund t’i kanosen SPAK-ut nga legjislativi dhe jo vetëm.
Për rrjedhojë, pyetja ime është kjo: Cilat janë shqetësimet konkrete për të cilat ju keni dijeni në lidhje me iniciativa ligjore që mund të kufizojnë hapësirën, autoritetin dhe përgjegjësitë e SPAK-ut për hetimet aktuale dhe ato të ardhshme?
Kjo ka rëndësi, sepse çdo nismë ligjore duhet të jetë në përputhje me direktivat, detyrimet dhe rekomandimet që kemi marrë në kuadër të procesit të integrimit europian.
Dua të ndalem në tri fenomene: krimi i organizuar, korrupsioni dhe pastrimi i parave.
Këto nuk janë më probleme sporadike, pasi shohim se SPAK-u ka identifikuar një ekosistem ku këto tri fenomene janë të ndërlidhura. Shumë nga denoncimet e bëra ndër vite sot po provohen.
Nuk bëhet fjalë për një rrezik të supozuar, por për një problem të vazhdueshëm dhe të strukturuar. Për këtë arsye dua të fokusohem në këto tri tema.
Raporti thekson se faza përmbyllëse e pastrimit të parave përfundon në pasuri të paluajtshme dhe në biznese që operojnë me para fizike. Ndërkohë, sipas raportit, për vitin 2025 nuk ka asnjë kompani ndërtimi të dërguar në gjykatë për pastrim parash. Nuk po flas këtu për operacionet më të fundit, të cilat duhet të vlerësohen, pasi na vërtetojnë shqetësimin tonë legjitim për helmimin e ekonomisë nga paratë e pista.
Konkretisht, sa kompani ndërtimi janë aktualisht nën hetim nga SPAK-u dhe çfarë procesesh hetimore po ndiqen në lidhje me pastrimin e parave për këto kompani?
SPAK-u ka arritur të dërgojë përpara drejtësisë persona të akuzuar për pastrim parash dhe për lidhje me krimin e organizuar. Por dosjet që janë bërë publike, të paktën nga sa kemi lexuar, kanë ardhur kryesisht si rezultat i bashkëpunimit me partnerët ndërkombëtarë.
A ka nisur SPAK-u hetime të veta proaktive, duke pasur parasysh sjelljen e këtyre grupeve dhe mënyrën se si ato operojnë, pa qenë e nevojshme shtysa fillestare e partnerëve tanë?
Në raport përmendni skemën e shoqërive me pronarë nominalë, të cilat përfitojnë para publike përmes tenderave. Këtu kemi të paktën dy raste publike, atë të Bashkisë së Tiranës dhe rastin e ish-zëvendëskryeministres, ku përmenden kompani me pronësi nominale.
A i ka identifikuar SPAK-u pronarët dhe përfituesit realë të këtyre kompanive, apo hetimet ndalen vetëm te pronari nominal?
Sa zyrtarë të lartë janë hetuar për pastrim parash dhe jo thjesht për korrupsion?
Ndërtimi është një nga sektorët më të ndikuar nga paratë e pista. Fatkeqësisht, shoh se ndërtimi nuk evidentohet si sektor me rrezik në tabelën që keni paraqitur në raport.
Duke pasur parasysh se ky shqetësim është konfirmuar edhe nga operacionet më të fundit të SPAK-ut, a mund të jetë një sugjerim që ndërtimi të përfshihet si sektor me rrezik të lartë në raportin e ardhshëm?
What strategy does SPAK have for investigating the activities of multinational criminal groups?
Albanian criminal groups extend from Latin America to the ports of the European Union and there is ample evidence for this.
For this reason, I am interested in knowing the quantity and value of assets in the field of construction and tourism that have been seized by SPAK, or for which there are decisions of the Special Court, regarding these groups.
Does SPAK have real capacities for conducting cross-border investigations?
How many investigators deal specifically with the tracking and seizure of illegal assets abroad?
In the report, you also addressed the issue of cryptocurrencies, and for that I congratulate you.
Does SPAK have the necessary technical and human capacities to investigate, identify clues and secure evidence in cases where cryptocurrencies are used for criminal activity? Does it have the capacity to track and seize these assets?
Regarding money laundering and the fight against it, how many referrals has SPAK received from the Financial Intelligence Agency?
In the Assembly, we held a long discussion when the structure and functioning of this agency were changed.
How many referrals have you received from her and how many of them have turned into active investigations?
Have you received referrals from the General Directorate of Taxes and the Customs Administration? How many of them have resulted in investigations?
I have one more question for the head of the National Bureau of Investigation.
I would like more information on the recent operation, for which the media reported that the BKH acted without the involvement of the State Police.
Is this related to concerns or possible cases of debunking operations by State Police structures? Thank you."
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